Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 10, No 9
Articles in this issue
- Boston Bicycle Club president John B. Kelley, having moved to New York, was sent off with a seven-course dinner at Hotel Venice on Oct. 11, at which members changed seats after every course so each man sat beside every other.
- The Newton Bicycle Club held its Fall meeting at Endicott, Mass., on Saturday, Oct. 19, traveling by auto and marking the twentieth wedding anniversary of member Arthur P. Benson with gifts of china.
- A poem by Daniel O'Connell (from 'Lyrics') praising the man whose wife remains his sweetheart still.
- A historical essay drawing on the L.A.W. files to trace the disputed first bicycle race in America from the late 1870s, naming riders such as David Stanton, Wm. M. Wright, C. A. Parker, Will R. Pitman and G. R. Washburn, and concluding that Llewellyn H. Johnson became the first bicycle champion at Mott Haven, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1879.
- A discussion of proposed changes to the Wheel About the Hub run, noting that Brook Farm, Massapoag, Ponkapog and Kimballs have been eliminated and inviting members' suggestions for new northern and southern routes.
- An obituary for Harris L. Gilson, who died at Wakefield, Mass., Sept. 29, aged 85; an enthusiastic cyclist, he rode 32,000 miles after his 70th year, covering 6,184 miles in his best year, 1899.